this is bbc news. the headlines at 6pm... we are going to take some tough decisions, notjust on spending but also on tax because we have to show the world that we have a plan that adds up financially and that is the way we will get stability back in the situation. but there's more bad news for the government on the economy — the head of the bank of england says interest rates may have to go up even higher than predicted: we will not hesitate to raise interest rates to meet the inflation target as things stand... stand today, my best guesses inflationary pressures will require a stronger response than we perhaps in august. manchester united and england footballer mason greenwood is charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault.

more than a0 turkish miners are now known to have died following an underground explosion — dozens of others were injured. and rugby league world cup hosts england get off to a flying start, crushing samoa in the opening game of the tournament at st james's park. the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has indicated there'll be major changes to liz truss' entire economic strategy. in a round of interviews this morning, mr hunt said mistakes had been made by the government and warned of what he called �*very difficult decisions' ahead. he suggested taxes could rise to help restore market confidence and also talked about spending cuts.

mr hunt was appointed yesterday after the prime minister sacked his predecessor, kwasi kwarteng. here's our political correspondent, ione wells. congratulations, mr chancellor. hours into his newjob, the chancellor was tasked with setting out his stall, it was a very different one from the one the prime minister set out. on wednesday, she said she is absolutely not planning public spending cuts but listen to this. we have some very difficult decisions ahead, difficult decisions on spending, which is not going to rise as much as people hope and i am going to be asking all government departments to find additional efficiency savings. one person's efficiency savings is another person's cut. - yes. and remember when liz truss said the country cannot tax its way to economic growth? we are also going to have pressure on the tax—side, taxes are not going to come down by as much as people hoped and some taxes will have to go up. then there was her pledge to boost spending on defence to 3%

of national income by 2030. but the defence department, too, is going to have to help find efficiencies. the long—term ability to fund an increasing defence spending will depend on stability in the economic situation and a healthily growing economy. the prime minister moved in here just weeks ago, promising to cut taxes, to not cut public spending, and boost defence spending. the new chancellor, who will base himself here, just next door, has now said that all of those things are back on the table. this leaves massive questions for liz truss about what she stands for, and who is really in charge, after the economic plan that she won the tory leadership election on now all hangs on the balance. the opposition were quick to say it was not enough for the prime minister to just replace her chancellor. they did notjust tank the british economy, they also clung on, clung on as they made the pound sink, clung on as they took our pensions to the brink of collapse, clung on as they pushed

the mortgages and bills of the british public through the roof. they did all of this. all the pain our country faces now is down to them. and there is still one person clinging on, the prime minister. um... the prime minister's press conference yesterday did little to ease conservative mps' fears about her leadership. supporters of her policies are annoyed she has done a u—turn on some of her tax cuts. i have therefore decided to keep the increase in corporation tax that was planned by the previous government. mps who did not like them think she is not the right person for thejob. some think it would be mad to oust her already. others argue that would be better than the alternative. aren't you going to say sorry? and she faces more clashes with them

ahead, on possible spending cuts, on her plans to bring back fracking, on changes to house—building and planning rules. she is still in the top job but feels far from being completely in control of her increasingly divided party. ione wells, bbc news. well the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, spoke to the new chancellor yesterday — and he said there was a �*clear meeting of minds' on the importance of stability. this afternoon mr bailey also warned of the possibility of higher interest rates ahead — more than previously expected. our business correspondent, marc ashdown, has this analysis. allsmiles, launching the mini—budget at the end of september, and with it a new political phrase. trussonomics. describing liz truss's vision for a high growth, high wage, low tax economy. butjust three weeks later, her new chancellor has buried it. have you been given a clean slate? can you change elements of the mini—budget if you want to?

yes. and the fundamental thing the prime minister wants me to do and i need to do is to be completely honest with the country. trussonomics reversed, then. tax cuts likely replaced with tax rises, huge investment replaced with a spending slowdown. this rethink has largely been driven by the turmoil in the financial markets since the mini—budget was announced. the pound has had a torrid time. the effective cost of government borrowing has soared and the bank of england had to step in with an emergency programme buying up government bonds to stabilise the pension sector. there is a pressing need, then, to restore some confidence and credibility. bank of england governor andrew bailey said he spoke to the new chancellor yesterday and had an immediate meeting of minds. but in a speech in washington dc, he had this warning on interest rates. we will not hesitate to raise interest rates to meet the inflation target. and as things stand today,

my best guess is that inflationary pressures will require a stronger response than we perhaps thought in august. the current base rate is 2.25%. investors are expecting a rise of up to one percentage point in november to 3.25%. most mortgage offers are currently already around 6%, but a bigger rise in the base rate will affect the economy elsewhere. and even with a change of approach, the government's problems remain the same. how to find tens of billions of pounds to help people with their energy bills and make the sums add up. we're certainly looking at a really tough couple of years, we've got a very tough economic environment. we've got very stretched public finances. i think we're going to see some even further reversal of the tax cuts that we've had, and in addition, probably some very tight spending rounds. the first verdict will come when financial markets open next week. i don't expect a dramatic reversal, because the devil will be in the detail. and when we find out the detail of the budget

on the 31st of october, that will be perhaps a more holisticjudgment being made by financial markets. that's a fortnight away, a long time in the life of a chancellor. marc ashdown, bbc news. our political correspondent helen catt gave us this update from downing street about what happens next. well, about what happens next. the chancellor this morr was well, the chancellor this morning was trying to calm things economically to reassure the financial markets, but in doing so, he's added to liz truss's political problems. why? because she felt her leadership pitch on this big vision of regulation, tax cutting, throwing everything at the economy, taking a different economic approach, that is now about to be junked. it leaves those who didn't support her, what else does she offer? what is she for as prime minister? but it leaves those who enthusiastically embraced and supported her plan, and there are some of those disappointed that

she has changed course and is not going to see that through. all of this means it's a huge knock to her authority. there are some conservative mps who think given time and space, she may be able to start building that back. and plenty think that it is too late already. her authority has been fatally undermined and their thoughts and conversations are now turning to who comes next? in the meantime, others tell you the real power in the government thinks it lies in next door and number 11 with the new chancellor. earlier i spoke to david gauke — former conservative mp who was lord chancellor and secretary of state forjustice in 2018 and 2019. i started by asking him what he made of the comments made byjereny hunt this morning. i think he has demonstrated that you've got to face up to reality. the fact that he is talking about taxes as well as spending i think is realistic. i don't think there's any way we can simply say we've done enough on tax

to fill in the black hole and public finance is just purely on spending. i think that is a little encouraging, and i think, as i say, he struck the right tone in recognising whatever the government does, it needs to make sure it protects the vulnerable which is not really the impression that's been given until now. what did you make of the prime minister's news conference yesterday in terms of its tone and content? i don't think it was what was needed. i don't think it's what the country are the markets are looking for. i think there were two problems. one was tone, a sense of contrition i think was needed because a lot of problems had been caused by the government's actions over the last few weeks. i think she needed to put her hand up and say sorry, that what had happened and has given many people

sleepless nights worrying about if their business is going to go under, or pay their mortgage. secondly, i think in terms of substance, she needed to be realistic that we weren't going to get all of this through spending. i think that setting out a plan that is more balanced makes sense. i think whatjeremy hunt has said today suggests that they are going to have a more balanced plan. how much contact are you having with your former friends and colleagues in the conservative party at the moment, and what are they saying to you about the leadership? morale is low. i have a lot of contact with former colleagues. morale is low. they know that the liz truss agenda has essentially not survived contact with reality. they know that the conservative party is deeply unpopular. they know that economic credibility has been lost not

just with the markets but with the population as a whole and that the conservative party tends to win elections off the back of economic credibility. it is a pretty downbeat assessment. there's also recognition that it is quite hard to change a leader, because unless you have got really an overwhelming momentum towards one particular candidate, the conservatives have a process whereby it goes to the party membership takes a long time, there is not a huge amount of confidence in the party membership necessarily coming up with the right answer either. you know, there are plenty of concerns about what practically can be done. i think certainly most of the conservative mps i've had contact with in recent days do feel that the prime minister is in a very, very difficult position. and the newspapers are rife with talks of plans to oust,

difficult to do that given their cannot to be another leadership bed for another 12 months by the party rules. do you see that being overturned? do you see her leadership now pretty much on its deathbed? or does it all hang on whatjeremy hunt says and what effectively will be a full budget on october the 31st. i don't think the principal problem of the 1922 committee rules, i think if there is sufficient demand for an earlier contest, then there will be an earlier contest or an earlier vote on confidence. i don't think that's the issue. i think the issue really is whether conservative mps can collectively decide on a candidate that has the support of the overwhelming majority of the parliamentary party. if they cannot do that, because there is a recognition that a lengthy process, which would perhaps be inevitable if it goes out to party member is is unviable in the current circumstances then, you know, several mps won't go down

that particular route. i think a lot of this may also depend on how the markets react. and i guess ifjeremy hunt can convince the markets that the government has a credible plan, particularly when he delivery�*s his medium—term fiscal statement on the 31st of october, then the masses may calm down and that may help liz truss. but there is still a big political problem, which is the conservatives are now languishing a very, very long way behind the labour party and in terms of mps, looking at the next general election with a great deal of foreboding. and as you talked about there, the markets and how they react to what the new chancellor has to say. we have heard in the past hour from the bank of england govenor saying that he thinks the interest rates and after to rise further than they expected them to when they were looking at them back in august because of inflation.

that is going to impact on the future of the prime minister as well, isn't it? i'm wondering what your thoughts are about that assessment from andrew bailey and how much they are to do with global inflationary pressures and how much to do with the impact of the mini budgets. there are factors here that are driving up interest rates. even if the government had not done anything over the last few weeks, interest rates would still be going up. the political problem for the government is, i suspect, people paying their mortgages and looking at the increases that they are going to be paying which are going to be very, very happy indeed for millions of households. the government is going to get the blame for pretty well all of and arguments about, well, they are international factors and so on, i'm not sure are going to get a receptive audience. some of it undoubtedly is the government's fault. the fact that there does seem to be an additional risk premium for the uk, it may well fall

but the appointment ofjeremy hunt, but interest rates are going to be higher than they otherwise were. partly from confidence, probably from the fact that the government is putting more money in the economy because they are cutting taxes and not finding the money from elsewhere. anti—government protests are being held across iran as activists intensify their demonstrations sparked by the death in custody of a young woman. a number of videos show protests in at least five cities, including the capital, tehran. in ardabil, in the country's north—west, there've been reports of security forces opening fire on demonstrators. the city has been especially tense after police attacked children protesting at a school. meanwhile in the east, russian forces are making slow progress in their attempt to take the city of bakhmut, in the donbas region. the city — once home to more than 70—thousand people — has been under constant artillery

bombardment. our defence correspondent jonathan beale went to meet some of those who are still there — and the ukrainian troops who are resisting the russian advance. russian forces are inching ever closer to the city of bakhmut. explosion. the centre now reverberating with the sound of constant shelling. explosion 70% of the population have already fled, and each day more are leaving. you're trying to leave? among them, olena, who has packed all that she can carry. translation: it's very hard | when you are almost 70 years old and you have to go through all this. you need to squat over the fire to cook food, you need to carry buckets of water to your apartment. it's so hard. i curse the one

who started this war. i curse him 100 times. olena prays that one day she'll return. she's not alone, though, in looking for divine intervention. so is this russian soldier taking part in the assault. recent ukrainian drone footage shows the ferocity of the battle. but the russians are still closing in. bakhmut is one of the few places where russia is on the advance. incremental, small gains, and constant bombardment that you can hear all the time. they're trying desperately to change the narrative here, and the reality that most russian forces in ukraine are on the retreat. this is the image of russia's army that ukraine wants to show the world. a graveyard of tanks, armour and even aircraft destroyed

in its advance further north. but even ukrainian commanders admit this war still hangs in the balance. with russia calling up more troops. translation: it depends on how many they will be able to mobilise _ and the quality of those troops. so far we are seeing they are of poor quality and they don't have enough weapons. there's another graveyard in nearby liberated lyman. at this one they are digging up the remains of up to 200 civilians and soldiers buried during russia's brief occupation. forensic experts still looking for any evidence of torture. this war is proving costly for ukraine, too. jonathan beale, bbc news, the donbas. turkey says 41 people are known to have died in a coalmine near the black sea coast, after a suspected methane explosion on friday. the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan, has visited the site at amasra and promised a thorough

investigation. anjanna gadgil reports. a funeral for one of the miners killed in the blast in the black sea costal town of amasra. other families waited outside the morgue where their relatives' bodies lay. it's one of turkey's deadliest industrial accidents in years, and left smoke billowing into the sky. over 100 people were working there at the time. more than 70 workers took part in rescue efforts, which went on throughout the night. crowds gathered around the head of the mineshaft. many were family members of the dead and injured. it's believed methane ignited at a depth of 300 metres, causing a fire in one of the tunnels. president erdogan made a visit to the scene and said he hoped no more lives would be lost. translation: of course we will find out how this explosion happened - and if there any people

are responsible for it with the prosecutions which already started. turkey suffered its deadliest coal mining disaster in 2014, when 301 workers died in a blast in the western town of soma. the local prosecutor's office said it was treating this incident at the state—owned coal mine as an accident and has begun an investigation. anjana gadgil, bbc news. the footballer mason greenwood has been charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. the 21—year—old manchester united striker was first arrested on suspicion of rape and assault injanuary — and was immediately suspended from playing or training by the club. he was re—arrested earlier today for allegedly breaching bail conditions. today marks a year since the southend mp sir david amess was murdered during a constituency surgery. a special memorial service was held in the city last night and today a tree was planted in his honour.

a short time ago i spoke to the anna firth who's the mp for southend west which was amess's constituency for 2h years. she told me how they'd spent the day remembering sir david. well, it has been very moving. we had the tributes to sir david in parliament this week, led by the speaker and parties from every political party, all corners of the chamber. then, last night, we had a requiem mass here in south end with tributes in the community. today we had a tree planting where david used to walk his dog and was a very common figure. again, there was music, there were attributes, prayers. most of all, though, there was a huge coming together and desire that we want to make southend

a city that david would've been proud of. as you came together today to pay tribute, what is sir david's legacy there in the area? it is immense. city status is david's crowning achievements, but knowing david, he wouldn't have wanted to stop there. he would've said "right, we are a city. "let's go on and become uk city of culture," and that is one of the focus is that we are all working on because southend is a fantastic cultural icon. it's already the city of culture, and now we are going to really work to get that accolade in 2029. how has it been for you taking over as mp? well, it is a challenge because obviously i've got enormous boots to fill here. and as i say to everybody, if i can be half as good as sir david, then i won't be going far wrong.

and just to give you an example of how loved he was, lots of people went up to honour the queen, and one of the shop owners was telling me that she had gone up and was quite determined to take david with her, so she took a picture of david that she has in her shop all the time all the way up to london so that he wouldn't miss out. the leader of china, xijinping, is set to be given a historic third term in power this weekend. and the effort to boost his image and popularity is in full swing across the country. state media has headlined stories about how poorer towns have been transformed after visits from the president. our correspondent celia hatton reports on how he rose to power. applause. when he strode onto the stage ten years ago, signalling he'd become china's new leader, he was a relative unknown. he was supposed to rule alongside these six other officials. but now it's clear that he's reshaped the communist party, the military, and the government, so that he's at the top of it all.

some call him the chairman of everything. so, how did he do it? how did he become so powerful? he started out with a bold vision — the china dream. it unleashed big projects to build things like high speed rail networks and new global trading routes that aimed to revitalise the whole country. and through viral incidents like this, a visit to a beijing steamed bun shop. he cultivated a different image for himself, making sure everyone in china knew his story and saw him as the top leader. he reorganised the military, too. by ousting hundreds of generals and replacing them with his allies, he's firmly in control. and let's not forget the ongoing anti—corruption crackdown. this man, zhou yongkang, is the former top security chief now in prison for amassing $14 billion in ill—gotten gains. more than a million party officials have been punished under xi, silencing all rivals.

the campaign's popular with the public, but it's also bred fear. xi is at the top of his game, but he faces serious challenges. china's economy is suffering under tight covid restrictions, and he's made quite a few enemies behind the scenes. china watchers will be looking to see if he begins to delegate any responsibilities, sharing the power and also the blame. celia hatton, bbc news. a court in malta has sentenced two brothers to a0 years each injail, after they admitted murdering the investigative journalist, daphne caruana galizia. alfred and george degiorgio changed their plea on the first day of proceedings, after reaching a bargain with prosecutors. mrs caruana galizia was blown up in her car five years ago — an attack that outraged maltese people and shook the political establishment. she was famous for exposing high— level corruption. a businessman accused of ordering the killing is yet to stand trial.

azaday moshiri reports. five years after journalist daphne caruana galizia was murdered, her family are still trying to find out who killed her. she was taken from them in a brutal attack, a bomb detonating in her car right outside her home. after investigations and multiple arrests, the rap sheet is growing. mere hours after pleading not guilty, brothers george and alfred degiorgio admitted to murdering her, following in the steps of their accomplice, vince muscat. five years is far too long. our legal team, the ngos that have supported us in this fight, i mean, it is thanks to that humongous teamwork that this has been possible. daphne caruana galizia was known as a one—woman wikileaks, a journalist so dogged that she riled some of malta's most powerful figures and uncovered networks of corruption at the top

of the establishment. that is why the public has continued to demand answers for her. their calls being so loud it led to then—prime minister joseph muscat�*s resignation in 2019 after his close associates were implicated in the assassination. he has denied all allegations of corruption. this is what he said days before he stepped down. i want this case to close under my watch, i think the authorities have already delivered what many thought could not be delivered. that didn't, and still doesn't wash with the people of malta, nor with herfamily, who say they are not just after the middlemen, but those who ordered her assassination. showing the same determination for the truth that daphne herself was known for. astronomers have detected what may

be the most powerful flash of light ever seen, from an event that occurred 2.4 billion light years from earth. the burst of gamma—rays was first detected by orbiting telescopes on the ninth of october, and its after—glow is still being watched by scientists across the world. it's believed to have been caused by a huge dying star as it collapsed into a black hole. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. there's been plenty of showers around today, and we will keep some of those going through this evening and overnight, especially across northern ireland, scotland and northern england. still on the heavy side in places. further south, across the rest of england and wales, still some showers at first that will tend to fade as the night wears on, leading to some clearer skies. temperatures going to range 6—9 celsius. for most of us, it will be frost free. some parts of rural scotland could fall to 3—4 celsius. across parts of scotland and northern england, still some showers at first tomorrow, they will soon be out of the way, and for many, dry with plenty of sunshine before the cloud builds across the south

and southwest of england, pushing rain into southwest england, wales and northern ireland through the afternoon. temperatures on par with this afternoon, so 11—13 celsius across scotland, and northern england and northern ireland, 14—18 celsius elsewhere. this band of showers and rain extends its way north and eastwards as we had through sunday evening and overnight. most of it out of the way on monday, so we start the week on monday and tuesday dry with some sunshine, but wetter and windier by wednesday.